Following closely in the footsteps of the top Newsweek writers who accepted buyouts from their magazine a couple of weeks ago, some of the most senior staffers of the New York Times are accepting retirement packages later this month. Previously announced departures include Pulitzer Prize winners John Noble Wilford and David Cay Johnston, as well as Linda Greenhouse, the newspaper’s legendary Supreme Court correspondent.

Other reporters and editors who have either already made up their minds or are strongly leaning towards accepting the buyout: